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From satellites to space data centers: Why low earth orbit is attracting billions in investment
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket takes off, in Kourou, French Guiana, July 9, 2024. European Space Agency ESA | Via Reuters A new layer of critical infrastructure is emerging above our heads. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) — which NASA defines as the stretch of space at an altitude of 2,000 km or less — is rapidly evolving from […]
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Trump threatens to deploy ICE agents to airports if DHS shutdown doesn’t end, while Elon Musk offers to cover TSA agents’ pay
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send federal immigration agents to U.S. airports unless congressional Democrats immediately agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security. “I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents […]
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Elon Musk and SEC in talks to settle lawsuit over Twitter deal
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk is in talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a lawsuit filed by the regulator […]
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OpenAI preps for IPO by end of year, tells employees ChatGPT must be ‘productivity tool’
Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart Inc., speaks during an interview in San Francisco, March 3, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI is focusing employee and investor attention on its enterprise business as the artificial intelligence startup gears up to go public, potentially by the end of the year, CNBC has learned. […]
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Tesla to buy $4.3 billion of LG Energy battery cells from disbanded GM plant
A Tesla Megapack battery at the Harmony Energy Ltd. and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures BV battery energy storage project near Burgess Hill, England, May 11, 2021. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla is expanding ties with South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, striking a deal to buy $4.3 billion worth of battery cells for energy […]
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Nvidia announces Vera Rubin Space-1 chip system for orbital AI data centers
Nvidia announced the launch of computing platforms for orbital data centers on Monday during its GTC 2026 conference, a highly anticipated next step for artificial intelligence in space. “Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived,” said CEO Jensen Huang. “As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is […]
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Elon Musk says xAI must be ‘rebuilt’ as co-founder exodus continues, SpaceX IPO awaits
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Less than six weeks after Elon Musk merged SpaceX and xAI in a deal he valued at $1.25 trillion, the world’s richest person […]
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